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Originally Posted by hermano
Looking to upgrade from my poorly Gen 3 Cybook.
I want an e reader where I can see the book covers (like on Gen 3) without having to open the book (like kindle).
I also like the idea of 'emailing' books to the reader, like you can with kindle....
what are my options?
many thanks.
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Another option (that has not been mentioned) is the Odyssey. I do hope you meant "poorly Gen 3" as beeing old and outdated, not that the device itself is poorly. The Odyssey has almost all you want. The Book browser always shows the cover, and you have 3 options for that
- 1 column display that shows 5 books per page with cover, title, author, date and size.
- 2 column display with 10 books per page with same information but usually only partial title visible
- thumbnails: displays 20 book covers. I assume just like your gen 3 since its also a cybook
also, unlike the sonys, the Odyssey also allows for view by folder.
For emailing, afaik the Kindles are the only ereader that allows automatic email book to reader. The Odyssey can be used to download books if you sent them to yourself and opening your email in the browser (requires WiFi connection). Other ereaders that have a browser do that too, but some might not allow you to download to the device.
Most ereaders now are based on EPub (except Kindle). If your Gen3 had the mobi firmware and you do have a lot of mobi non-drm books, it might be easier to transfer your books to a kindle w/o having to convert them first (which would not be a big deal, but still some work involved). If you are already EPub based, a non-Kindle (e.g. the Odyssey) might be a better option.